OpenAI filed a countersuit towards Elon Musk on Wednesday, saying on X that “Elon’s nonstop actions towards us are simply bad-faith techniques to decelerate OpenAI and seize management of the main AI improvements for his private profit.”
Within the lawsuit, OpenAI’s attorneys argue that “Musk’s continued assaults on OpenAI, culminating most lately within the faux takeover bid designed to disrupt OpenAI’s future, should stop. Musk ought to be enjoined from additional illegal and unfair motion, and held chargeable for the injury he has already brought on.”
Musk, who was a part of the preliminary founding workforce at OpenAI, initially sued final spring, saying he wished to power the corporate to “return to its mission to develop AGI for the good thing about humanity” as an alternative of pursuing earnings. (The Verge’s editor-in-chief, Nilay Patel, discovered Musk’s authorized case towards OpenAI “hilariously dangerous.”)
Earlier this yr, Musk additionally provided $97.4 billion to purchase OpenAI, saying in a press release that “it’s time for OpenAI to return to the open-source, safety-focused power for good it as soon as was.” OpenAI’s board of administrators unanimously rejected the supply, which at present’s submitting referred to as a “sham bid.”
Disclosure: The Verge’s guardian firm, Vox Media, companions with OpenAI.
